NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — While Tennessee's governor's office claimed technical limitations prevented the state from using state funding to pay SNAP food benefits during the federal government shutdown, another state that appeared to use the same vendor to distribute benefits said it would spend state money to continue payments.

About 690,000 Tennesseans rely on SNAP food benefits at a cost of $145 million per month, according to Tennessee Department of Human Services Commissioner Clarence Carter.

The Trump administration said it would not pay benefits on Nov. 1, the first missed payment due to the federal government shutdown. Two judges on Friday afternoon ordered the federal government to pay benefits using contingency funds. It was not immediately clear when the payments would be made

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